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The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. It was designed primarily as a hunting rifle featuring a traditional Mauser K98 -style two-lugged bolt with a claw extractor.
The Ruger 77/22 is a bolt-action rimfire rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle, .22 WMR, or .22 Hornet. It has a removable rotary magazine which allows the magazine to fit flush with the bottom of the stock. The 77/22 was introduced in 1983 and was based on the centerfire Model 77 Mark II. [3] Each rifle comes with scope rings and a lock.
Manual Safeties are the oldest forms of "active" safety mechanism and are widely used; however, many "double-action" firearms such as revolvers do not have manual safeties as the longer, harder trigger pull to cock and fire double-action provides adequate trigger safety, while keeping the firearm in a more ready state.
Ruger had a division known as Ruger Golf, making steel and titanium castings for golf clubs made by a number of different brands in the 1990s. [12] Sturm, Ruger stock has been publicly traded since 1969 and became a New York Stock Exchange company in 1990 (NYSE:RGR). After Alex Sturm's death in 1951, William B. Ruger continued to direct the ...
Ruger integral type (used on Ruger No. 1, [44] M77, [44] [45] Gunsite Scout, [44] [46] the Ranch series of the Mini-14 [44] [47] and Mini-30, [44] Deerfield carbine, [citation needed] Model 96 (.44 Magnum only) [48] and Ruger PC carbine. [49]) Sako Optilock, [50] either with rings separate from the bases, or with rings as part of the bases ...
Ruger 10/22's BX-1CLR rotary magazine. The rotary (or spool) magazine consists of a cylindrical sprocket actuated by a torsion spring, with cartridges fitting between the tooth bar of the sprocket, which is mounted on a spindle parallel to the bore axis and rotates each round sequentially into the feeding position. Rotary magazines may be fixed ...
The first rifle with a controlled feeding mechanism was the M1885 Remington–Lee which first appeared in 1879. [5] Lee applied for a patent, [6] around the same time as Mauser applied for a patent on the same feature, DE51241 [7] and US476290, [8] which was introduced on the Mauser Model 1893.
The Ruger American Rifle is the first to use the trademarked "Ruger Marksman Adjustable™" trigger, which is similar in design to the Savage "AccuTrigger" and allows the user to adjust the weight of pull between 3–5 lb (1.4–2.3 kg) by means of turning a set screw on the trigger housing. [2]